better

when you say looks more like a cat, did you actually polymorph into a feline quadruped?

The Ankou had changed his ways, abandoning his inner Rage thanks to his bond with a scaly friend... Titus was still a juvenile Dinosaur, but the force in his impressive jaws was already a match or the Ankou's... the tall dinosaur roared to signal his pleasure at being in the arena for the first time.

 Shrouded in his travelling cloak, the Ankou let his companion lead the way towards Lyn. He transformed into something huge, a champion of giantkind, wielding a sword very similar to Lyn's — albeit a much larger version of it.

 "Glad to see you again, Lyn! I'm looking forward to opening you in half!! Muahaha!!"

His laugh reverberates in the arena, as the giant moves in place and points his huge blade towards the small cat-like elf.




Legend:
Y = Lyna
T = Titus
A = Ankou

<tt>
   ROUND: Prep (20)
POSITION: L12-N14
ACTIONS: Cast Spell(Swift), Activate Boots(Free), Wild Shape(Standard), Move and Draw Weapon(Move)

HP: 252/252 (0 nonlethal)
AC: 21; FFAC : 19; Touch: 10
CMD: 35; FFCMD: 34; FFTAC: 10

   EFFECTS: Protection from Energy: 1/140, Haste 1/10
   GEAR: -Ring, Amulet, Headband, Wood armor, Boots, Elven Curved Blade, Belt, Blindfold, Bracelet, Free Gear.
   USES: -  Boots 1/10, ,Spells: 7th level 1/x, 6th level 0/x, 5th level 0/x, 4th level 0/x, 3rd level 0/x, 2nd level 0/x, 1st level 0/x


Titus the T-Rex: Position: K10-L11, HP 132/132
AC 26, FFAC 24, TAC 11, CMD 34, FFCMD 32, FFTAC 0
Actions:  Roar (free), Move (move), Move (standard)
Gear: Belt of Giant Strength, Amulet of Might Fists
Effects: none

Dice Rolls:
11:08, Today: Ankou rolled 22 using 1d20+17 with rolls of 5.  Spellcraft identify spell 2.
11:07, Today: Ankou rolled 19 using 1d20+17 with rolls of 2.  Spellcraft identify spell 1.
11:43, Today: Ankou rolled 37 using 1d20+20 with rolls of 17.  free perception.

Summary: Ankou tries to identify the spells cast, but fails. He focuses on his Primal strength and grows to huge proportions.
 He casts Protection From Energy, moves towards Lyn and draws a weapon, Titus precedes his master.

ooc: Know Nature to identify the Ankou's shape.

23:05, Today: Lyn rolled 31 using 1d20+24 with rolls of 7.  Knowledge Nature!

As part of Ankou casting the spell, Lyn will use Knowledge Arcana to identify what element was selected for protection, at DC25;

Identify a spell effect that is in place Arcana 20 + spell level
+1/10ft for Distance

23:10, Today: Lyn rolled 37 using 1d20+24 with rolls of 13.  Knowledge Arcana to Identify protected energy.

Are you a frost giant again?

No, I'm not polymorphing, just enhancing my defenses. :D

Ocean Giant actually!
And to save you a trip to pfsrd, it gives resist Cold 30 and Electricity 30, no vulnerability ;)

When identifying the spell, does it actually tell you which element I chose?

Spellcraft doesn't, but as far as I'm aware, Knowledge Arcana will let me identify an ongoing effect? In this case, identify that you have protection from X element?

Regardless, I don't think it will effect my turn, which will be up in a few minutes.

I'll post everything as full damage and let you figure out the resistances.

A smile crossed the elf's lips as he spoke. "Somehow I don't think I'll be the one split in half today."

A few words, a gesture, and a familiar door opened before the elf, and as she stepped through, her blade flashed through the air.  Even as her blade ripped into the giant, she was voicing the words for another spell, and as his very life force was sapped away, Lyn looked stronger then ever!


Legend:
Y = Lyna
T = Titus
A = Ankou


<tt>
   ROUND: 1 (35)
POSITION: K15
ACTIONS: Spell-Combat(Dimension Door)(Full Attack Piranha Strike), Emp Int Shocking Grasp from Weapon(Free) Maximised Empowered Vampiric Touch(Critical Strike Free)


HP: 210/154 (0 nonlethal)
AC: 34; FFAC : 15; Touch: 29
CMD: 32; FFCMD: 20; FFTAC: 10


   EFFECTS: Spell1: 1/140, Haste 2/2
   GEAR: - elven curved blade, robe, belt, headband, stone, boots, gem(Used), gem, spellbook, free gear.
   USES: -  Boots 2/10, Gem 1/2, Spellbook 0/3, Lv1 Spells 1/6, lv2 0/6, lv3 1/5, lv4 1/4 lv5 1/2



Odod the Dodo:
Odod has chosen to hide in his master's pack and as such will not be represented on the map or taking actions.



Dice Rolls:
23:45, Today: Lyn rolled 10 using 2d6 with rolls of 4,6.  Bane Damage Spellstrike.
23:45, Today: Lyn rolled 37 using 1d20+28 with rolls of 9.  Spellstrike Damage.
23:44, Today: Lyn rolled 26 using 1d20+20 with rolls of 6.  Critical Strike Spellstrike.
23:43, Today: Lyn rolled 14 using 3d6 with rolls of 2,6,6.  Empowered Maximised Vampiric Touch.
23:41, Today: Lyn rolled 1 using 1d4 with rolls of 1.  Non-Lethal Damage from Spellbook.
23:40, Today: Lyn rolled 48 using 15d6 with rolls of 6,5,4,1,1,1,5,3,2,3,3,4,1,3,6.  Emp Int Shocking Grasp.
23:39, Today: Lyn rolled 38,32,32,33,14 using 1d10+28,1d10+28,1d10+28,1d10+28,3d6 with rolls of 10,4,4,5,2,6,6.  Slashing Damage, Crit, Bane.
23:36, Today: Lyn rolled 30 using 1d20+15 with rolls of 15.  Crit Confirmation FFAC19.
23:35, Today: Lyn rolled 28,29,32 using 1d20+20,1d20+20,1d20+15 with rolls of 8,9,17.  Full Attack vs Ankou FFAC19.
23:10, Today: Lyn rolled 37 using 1d20+24 with rolls of 13.  Knowledge Arcana to Identify protected energy.
23:05, Today: Lyn rolled 31 using 1d20+24 with rolls of 7.  Knowledge Nature!


Summary: Lyn deals the hurt.

Total Damage: 300
172 Slashing
24 Bane
48 Shocking
56 Untyped Damage



OOC: Oww... I think your out, even with your resistance and shield.

Assuming you dodge the crit somehow? Since you didn't bring your hat into the Arena, remove 33 damage.

Correction. Lyn took 1 Non-Lethal Damage before the Vampiric Touch, so is effectively at 209hp
Spellbook uses are 1/3

Man this is getting complicated, I'll try and break it down.

Lyn rolled 10 using 2d6 with rolls of 4,6.  Bane Damage Spellstrike.
Lyn rolled 37 using 1d20+28 with rolls of 9.  Spellstrike Damage.
Lyn rolled 26 using 1d20+20 with rolls of 6.  Critical Strike Spellstrike.
Lyn rolled 14 using 3d6 with rolls of 2,6,6.  Empowered Maximised Vampiric Touch
Lyn rolled 48 using 15d6 with rolls of 6,5,4,1,1,1,5,3,2,3,3,4,1,3,6.  Emp Int Shocking Grasp.
Lyn rolled 38,32,32,33,14 using 1d10+28,1d10+28,1d10+28,1d10+28,3d6 with rolls of 10,4,4,5,2,6,6.  Slashing Damage, Crit, Bane.
Lyn rolled 28,29,32 using 1d20+20,1d20+20,1d20+15 with rolls of 8,9,17.  Full Attack vs Ankou FFAC19.

So, 3 attacks hit, crit is (as you suspected) canceled through shenanigans.

So slashing damage is 38+32+32+14 (inc bane) -2 per attack through DR, total 110 damage.
Shocking grasp deals 48 -30 (resist), total 18 damage
Vampiric touch deals 56 damage
No critical therefore no Critical Strike (I reckon)

Total 184 damage, the Ankou is still standing - at 68/252
Let me know if I missed something.

Note you've rolled d20+28 for your Critical Strike Spellstrike damage, but that is irrelevant now.

Question, did you provoke an AOO at any point? Cause I will take it ;)

The Ankou keeps being surprised at how much damage that tiny elf can dish out, whether through slashing fury or magic...

 "Arrrgnh!" he moans, but doesn't fall yet."My turn..."

 First, the Dinosaur moves into position and tries a big bite but fails to hit the elf.

 The Ankou then raises his blade and hits, and hits again, and again, and again...  he hits three times and does a lot of damage, but the elf's unnatural health allows her to stay up, or so it seems.


Legend:
Y = Lyna
T = Titus
A = Ankou

   ROUND: Prep (20)
POSITION: L13-N15
ACTIONS: Full-attack (full-round action)

HP: 252/252 (0 nonlethal)
AC: 21; FFAC : 19; Touch: 10
CMD: 35; FFCMD: 34; FFTAC: 10

   EFFECTS: Protection from Energy: 1/140, Haste 1/10
   GEAR: -Ring, Amulet, Headband, Wood armor, Boots, Elven Curved Blade, Belt, Blindfold, Bracelet, Free Gear.
   USES: -  Boots 1/10, ,Spells: 7th level 1/x, 6th level 0/x, 5th level 0/x, 4th level 0/x, 3rd level 0/x, 2nd level 0/x, 1st level 0/x

Titus the T-Rex: Position: I14-J15, HP 132/132
AC 26, FFAC 24, TAC 11, CMD 34, FFCMD 32, FFTAC 0
Actions:  Move around Lyn to not provoke AOO (move), Attack with vital strike (standard)
Gear: Belt of Giant Strength, Amulet of Might Fists
Effects: none

Dice Rolls:
13:57, Today: Ankou rolled 91,11 using 6d8+64,2d6 with rolls of 5,2,3,8,4,5,5,6.  Critical damage, Bane.
13:57, Today: Ankou rolled 48,5 using 3d8+32,2d6 with rolls of 7,6,3,3,2.  Damage Attack 1, Bane .
13:56, Today: Ankou rolled 40 using 1d20+23 with rolls of 17.  confirm critical .
13:55, Today: Ankou rolled 33,43,28 using D20+23,D20+23,d20+18 with rolls of 10,20,10.  Ankou: Full-attack Lyn (Power Attack, Flanking).
14:00, Today: Ankou rolled 44,3 using 3d8+32,2d6 with rolls of 8,2,2,1,2.  additional attack damage .
14:00, Today: Ankou rolled 33 using 1d20+23 with rolls of 10.  Hero point additional attack (PA, flank).

13:52, Today: Ankou rolled 31 using 1d20+21 with rolls of 10.  Titus: Vital Strike no PA vs Lyn (flanking) .

Summary:
Titus moves in flanking position, Ankou 5ft-steps into flanking position
Titus attacks but fails to hit the elf.
Ankou full-attacks:
 thanks to flanking his first attack hits for 53 damage
 his second attack is a critical for 102 damage
 he taps into his hero potential and attacks again for 47 damage

 Total 202 slashing damage (the blade is adamantine btw, if it makes a difference)

ooc: All that is assuming your AC is indeed 34, with +2 for flanking — let me know if there's something else there.
 I got close but not quite there... is there such thing as massive damage threshold she you deal over 50 damage in one blow?
 I suppose you'll have no problem finishing me off now...

 I just realised I messed up my rolls with Titus, he should hit +2 over what I rolled, which would make his first attack a hit *facepalm* I don't suppose you would let me reroll, would you??

Hold on actually, I just realised I need to roll my damage twice and take the better result, let me edit that real quick.

Dice rolls:
: Ankou rolled 46 using 3d8+32 with rolls of 1,7,6.  Hero point Attack  reroll (locate weakness).
 Ankou rolled 97 using 6d8+64 with rolls of 7,7,7,1,3,8.  Critical reroll (locate weakness).
: Ankou rolled 48 using 3d8+32 with rolls of 5,5,6.  Attack 1 reroll (locate weakness).

That’s 6 additional damage on the critical, and 2 additional on the Hero point attack.
 So altogether 210 damage - though I suppose you still have some shenanigans up your sleeve...

Also, question, are you using this:


Because this says wizard evocation spell, and as a magus I don’t think you can cast a wizard spell.
Sure, Shocking Grasp is a wizard spell as well, but you’re not casting it as a wizard.

Jayce, your thoughts?

No, he is not.

Edit, actually let me check. LYN did not post sources on this one.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:51, Sun 11 Mar 2018.

Okay, let's try and clear things up.

Full-Round: Dimension Door and Full Attack

On Critical Hit: Critical Strike, cast Empowered Vampiric Touch as Swift Action. Can't use Book of Harms regardless since it's not an evocation spell, which I just realised.

I will ask Jayce for a ruling whether your Bracelet stops me from using my critical strike arcana or if it just stops the critical damage.  If I can't use the critical strike, then I'd like to use my swift action instead to cast a quickened Empowered Vampiric Touch.

Ankou takes 42 damage instead of 56, and I'm on 195 HP before Ankou's turn. Ankou still takes the Spellstrike and Bane damage as well.

16:27, Today: Lyn rolled 42 using 10d6 with rolls of 4,3,3,6,6,5,1,6,3,5.  Empowered Vampiric Touch damage roll.


My turn to lawyer now :)  With my AC of 34, and your rolls, I can see that you've only hit me with your critical attack? Both your first attack, and your hero point came in at 33. Your blindfold lets you reroll the critical damage, but not the other attacks?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:10, Mon 12 Mar 2018.

Re my roll, I didn’t include the flanking bonus as I didn’t know whether it applied.
So if you have a way to avoid flanking, your reading is correct.
Otherwise these two rolls hit AC35.

The Blindfold creates a constant Locate Weakness spell, which affects all melee attacks.

On a side note re the Preconstructed Spellbooks, I don’t doubt that you can use them as a magus, but that particular one spells out that it applies only to wizard evocation spells.

Forgive me for being pedantic, but you did include flanking in the dice roller while rolling, which makes it look like this +23 was including your flanking bonus, so I'd like to wait for Jayce to confirm where we go from here.

I can see how that looks sketchy from your point of view !

I can break down the maths if you want.

Or reroll with flanking included.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:35, Mon 12 Mar 2018.

Go ahead and reroll all of your own attacks for the round which were mislabeled, including the critical please.  I'm happy with Titus' rolls as I have no reason to question them.

Well, that didn’t go as planned.


09:53, Today: Ankou rolled 88,96,6 using 6d8+64,6d8+64,2d6 with rolls of 1,7,4,3,3,6,4,8,4,5,6,5,2,4.  Crit, reroll, bane.
09:52, Today: Ankou rolled 49,4 using 3d8+32,2d6 with rolls of 7,4,6,2,2.  Attack 1 damage.
09:51, Today: Ankou rolled 41 using 1d20+25 with rolls of 16.  Confirm crit .
09:50, Today: Ankou rolled 41 using 1d20+25 with rolls of 16.  Hero Point Attack.
09:50, Today: Ankou rolled 29 using 1d20+25 with rolls of 4.  Hasten Attack.
09:49, Today: Ankou rolled 27 using 1d20+18 with rolls of 9.  Full attack 2.
09:48, Today: Ankou rolled 35 using 1d20+25 with rolls of 10.  Full attack 1 (pa-3, flank+2).


Somehow I managed to get my second full-attack wrong again, but I doubt you’ll ask me to reroll ;)

Total 155 damage.

So, just to confirm.

Lyn takes 155 damage, is left on 40HP and it's her turn now?

Can you also please confirm your current HP as well? By my calculations, you've taken 246 damage, and have 6hp left.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:53, Mon 12 Mar 2018.

I had counted 184, down to 68/252, but that was before we realised something was not supposed to be maximised.

For transparency, Ankou has resist cold and electricity 30, and DR2/-

Also I’m not super keen on you casting something different from what you originally did in round 1.

Note that all of that doesn’t really matter, if I didn’t finish you in round 1 you’ll definitely finish me in round 2, won’t you?

After this, I cast Emp Vampiric Touch using Quicking Diamond instead of spell strike to keep the same actions and spells.

16:27, Today: Lyn rolled 42 using 10d6 with rolls of 4,3,3,6,6,5,1,6,3,5.  Empowered Vampiric Touch damage roll.


36+32+32+35 Slashing after DR = 131
14+10 Bane = 24
18 Shocking after Resist
42 Vampiric Touch
Total 215.  37 HP Remaining.

I already rolled based on you having 6hp left, though I can see I mis-calculated.  If you'd like, I'm happy to keep the same rolls, just swap the targets of the vampiric strike and normal attack, which is how I would of attacked assuming you had more then 6hp worth stealing.
This message was last updated by the player at 11:34, Mon 12 Mar 2018.

The elf groaned as the giant's blade bit into her, but she wasn't going to let that stop her. A final slash, and the giant was left fallen on the floor, his strength flowing in her veins. Turning her attention towards the dinosaur behind her, his tough skin proved much harder to penetrate, though 1 hit was strong enough to penetrate his defense.


Legend:
Y = Lyna
T = Titus
A = Ankou


<tt>
   ROUND: 2 (35)
POSITION: K15
ACTIONS: Spell-Combat(Empowered Vampiric Touch)(Full Attack Piranha Strike)


HP: 85/154 (0 nonlethal)
AC: 34; FFAC : 15; Touch: 29
CMD: 32; FFCMD: 20; FFTAC: 10


   EFFECTS: Spell1: 2/140, Haste 3/3
   GEAR: - elven curved blade, robe, belt, headband, stone, boots, gem(Used), gem(Used), spellbook, free gear.
   USES: -  Boots 3/10, Gem 2/2, Spellbook 0/3, Lv1 Spells 1/6, lv2 0/6, lv3 1/5, lv4 1/4 lv5 2/2



Odod the Dodo:
Odod has chosen to hide in his master's pack and as such will not be represented on the map or taking actions.



Dice Rolls:
22:08, Today: Lyn rolled 29 using 1d20+25 with rolls of 4.  Concentration Check DC25.
22:07, Today: Lyn rolled 24,45 using 1d10+19,10d6 with rolls of 5,4,5,5,6,6,1,6,4,3,5.  Spellstrike Damage, Emp V T damage.
22:06, Today: Lyn rolled 20 using 1d20+18 with rolls of 2.  Spellcombat crit confir vs AC26.
22:05, Today: Lyn rolled 37 using 1d20+18 with rolls of 19.  Spellcombat Empowered Vampiric Touch vs Titus Ankou.
22:04, Today: Lyn rolled 20,17 using 1d20+18,1d20+13 with rolls of 2,4.  A2, A3 vs Titus AC26.
22:02, Today: Lyn rolled 30 using 1d10+21 with rolls of 9.  A1 Damage vs Ankou Titus.
22:01, Today: Lyn rolled 38 using 1d20+20 with rolls of 18.  Full Attack PStrike vs Ankou Titus AC21.


Summary:
Ankou takes 45 Magic damage from Vampiric touch, and 22 Slashing damage after DR for good measure.

Titus takes 30 Slashing Damage.

Lyn gains 37 + Ankou's con mod up to 45 temporary hitpoints.



OOC: I think that wraps you up? Now I just have to kill the t-rex :\

Bloody Magus and their ridiculously complicated action economy mechanics!
I still only half understand what’s going on, but I doubt it makes a difference overall, and I trust your maths.

Now Titus will try and grab a draw and run with it ;)

The sad thing is... I rolled a magus thinking it would be more complicated then my martial, but not as confusing as a full caster LOL

So much happened while I was asleep!

Critical strike will stop if a critical hit gets stopped(critical strike is only possible when you score a critical hit. Ability drops it to a normal before damage is rolled so a crit never happened), none of that bane damage takes effect. None of it. Lyn, didn't you take 155 damage from Ankou? I see your life at 85 instead of -1 Your post shows a max of 154 hp.


as you made Ankou reroll mislabeled rolls, up to him on whether you must reroll. I'm okay with merely dropping the 2d6+2 damage.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:45, Mon 12 Mar 2018.